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The book covers the traditional period of the Battle of Britain and the buildup to it and describes the war in the air as much from the German point of view as the British one. Deighton explains both the political and personal machinations and how they influenced technical decisions and affected the efforts of both countries.
The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England, lit. 'air battle for England') was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
In connection with the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in 2010, a new English translation was commissioned by publisher Aquila Polonica at the request of Fiedler's son. This is the first new English-language edition of Dywizjon 303 since 1942.
Its text details his experiences as a Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain, during which he was shot down in action, sustaining severe injuries. [ 1 ] He wrote the book in New York City whilst still recuperating from his wounds during a propaganda publicity tour in the United States in 1941 organized by the British Government to attempt ...
Approached in 2000 by author James Holland who was researching a novel set during the Battle of Britain, Wellum lent him his unpublished memoir (see "First Light", below), Holland showed it to friends in publishing at Penguin Books and, in 2002, Eleo Gordon, Penguin's editorial director, approached Wellum with a publishing deal [6] [15] – two ...
David Ross, Richard Hillary: The Definitive Biography of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot and Author of The Last Enemy. ISBN 1-904010-03-2 (2004) Arthur Koestler. "The Birth of a Myth", Horizon, April 1943, republished in a longer version as "In Memory of Richard Hillary" in Yogi and Commissar, 46–67 (1945).
He published his first book on military history, The Most Dangerous Enemy – A History of the Battle of Britain, in 2000. His second history book, Alamein , was published in 2002. Since 2004 he has also been a contributor to television programmes including the Channel 4 series Spitfire Ace .
The Battle of Britain, July–October 1940: An Oral History of Britain's Finest Hour (London: Headline Book Publishing, 2000) ISBN 978-0747234500 Monte Cassino: The Story of the Hardest-Fought Battle in World War II (London: Headline Book Publishing, 2003; Doubleday Books, 2004) ISBN 978-0385509855
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